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December 2020 Town Hall recording and slides now available online

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January 6, 2021

On Friday, Dec 11, WestGrid hosted our last Community Town Hall of 2020 and we were pleased to host guest speaker Nizar Ladak, Chief Executive Officer, New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO).

Nizar provided an update on NDRIO's current activities, including the latest nation-wide effort to assess the needs of Canada’s Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) community. He also shared a forward look at the coming year's transition towards a single integrated ecosystem of Research Data Management, Advanced Research...

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WEBINAR DEC 09: GIS with R

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November 26, 2020

Join us for a one-hour webinar on Wednesday December 09 where we'll look at working with spatial data in R. This online presentation will be hosted by Marie-Hélène Burle, WestGrid's Research Computing Training Assistant.

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GIS with R
Wednesday, December 09
10:00 - 11:00 am Pacific
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Next WestGrid Community Town Hall (Dec 11) will host Nizar Ladak, NDRIO CEO

November 23, 2020

Join us on Friday 11 December for our next WestGrid Community Town Hall. We're pleased to welcome the following guest speaker:

Nizar Ladak, Chief Executive Officer
New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO)

Nizar will provide an update on NDRIO's current activities, including the latest nation-wide effort to...

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WEBINAR NOV 25: The Topology ToolKit

Screenshot of the Topology Toolkit software being used.
November 13, 2020

Join us for a one-hour webinar on Wednesday November 25 where we'll look at the Topology Toolkit, a common tool used for efficient, generic, and easy Topological data analysis and visualization. This online presentation will be hosted by Alex Razoumov, WestGrid's Visualization and Training Coordinator.

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The Topology ToolKit
Wednesday, November 25
10:00 - 11:00 am...

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Simon Fraser University partners with NVIDIA for online 'HPC OpenACC Bootcamp' - Dec 2-3

SFU and NVIDIA logos
November 12, 2020

Simon Fraser University is partnering with NVIDIA to offer a number of bootcamps and a hackaton events utilizing Cedar's supercomputing power. Cedar is one of five national systems Compute Canada deployed as part of one of the biggest advanced research computing renewals in Canada’s history.

In this Bootcamp, you'll learn:

  • how to write a portable parallel program that can run on multicore CPUs and accelerators like...
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WEBINAR NOV 13: So, you are stuck with your code… now what?

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November 2, 2020

Join us for a one-hour webinar on Friday November 13 where we'll look at some useful tips for where to go and what to ask when using online communities to figure out problems with your code. This online presentation will be hosted by Marie-Hélène Burle, WestGrid's Research Computing Training Assistant.

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So, you are stuck with your code… now what?
Friday, November 13
10:00 - 11:00 am Pacific
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Applying to Compute Canada's Resource Allocation Competitions? Hear our best practice tips.

October 23, 2020

Each fall, Compute Canada invites researchers across Canada from all disciplines to apply to its annual Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC). If you are considering applying, you are invited to attend this webinar to learn some key best practices that will help you submit a stronger submission.

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WestGrid hosting an online Research Computing Autumn School - Nov 2-24

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October 16, 2020

WestGrid is delivering a new online Research Computing Autumn School this November. Eight courses will be delivered over eight different days and sessions will be focused around introductory or 'getting started' themes. The format will feature a combination of interactive Zoom sessions as well as pre-recorded video and reading materials.

The eight topics are:

  • Bash command line (Nov 2)
  • Version control with Git (Nov 3)
  • High performance computing (Nov 9)
  • Basics of Python (Nov 10)
  • Deep...
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WEBINAR OCT 28: Intermediate VMD topics - Trajectories, movies, scripting

screenshot of the VMD software displaying a visualization
October 15, 2020

Join us for a one-hour webinar on Wednesday October 28 where we'll look at some of the advanced ways to use VMD for the visualization and analysis of biological systems. This online presentation will be hosted by Olivier Fisette, and Advanced Research Computing Analyst at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Advanced VMD
Wednesday, October 28
10:00 - 11:00...

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Simon Fraser University partners with NVIDIA for online 'AI for Science Bootcamp' - Nov 4-5

logos of SFU and NVIDIA
October 11, 2020

Simon Fraser University is partnering with NVIDIA to offer a number of bootcamps and a hackaton events utilizing Cedar's supercomputing power. Cedar is one of five national systems Compute Canada deployed as part of one of the biggest advanced research computing renewals in Canada’s history.

Learn how AI can accelerate HPC simulations by introducing students to concepts of Deep Neural Networks, including data pre-processing,...

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